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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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in the infantile mortality year by year are shown in the following table, together with the percentage of Lambeth children entering the County Council Elementary Schools afflicted with some physical defect 01 defects :—
| Year | Cost to the Borough Council (Financial Year) | Infantile Mortality | Percentage of children entering school with one or more physical defects | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | ||||
| 1918 | 713 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 37.7 |
| 1919 | 1,010 | 14 | 4 | 85 | 38.2 |
| 1920 | 1,664 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1921 | 4,517 | 8 | 10 | 77 | 34.2 |
| 1922 | 4,820 | 18 | 8 | 79 | 32.7 |
| 1923 | 4,377 | 15 | 1 | 58 | 34.2 |
| 1924 | 3,382 | 15 | 7 | 67 | 38.3 |
| 1925 | 3,911 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 48.2 |
| 1926 | 4,073 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 53.1 |
| 1927 | 4,086 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 56.7 |
| 1928 | 4,274 | 19 | 8 | 61 | 51.1 |
| 1929 | 4,481 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 55.3 |
| 1930 | 17,329 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 55.0 |
| 1931 | 20,331 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 61.5 |
| 1932 | 20,147 | 16 | 7 | 56 | 47.9 |
| 1933 | 20,746 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 44.2 |
| 1934 | 20,782 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 55.7 |
| 1935 | 23,008 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 57.1 |
| 1936 | 22,651 | 17 | 1 | 59 | 46.3 |
| 1937 | 26,676 | 14 | 6 | 68 | 50.6 |
| 1938 | 30,219 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 47.2 |
Summary of Work carried out (Visits Paid) by the 4 Whole-time Official Health Visitors during 1938.
| Ante-natal Visits | 1,588 |
| Do. Re-visits | 90 |
| Births, 1st Visits | 1,052 |
| Do. Re-visits | 420 |
| Do. Stillborn | 92 |
| Ophthalmia, 1st Visits | 78 |
| Do. Re-visits | 76 |